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ArticleEJNMMI physics2016

Phantom criteria for qualification of brain FDG and amyloid PET across different cameras.

Yasuhiko Ikari, Go Akamatsu, Tomoyuki Nishio, Kenji Ishii, Kengo Ito, Takeshi Iwatsubo, Michio Senda

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Article in EJNMMI physics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuhiko IkariDivision of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, 2-2, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. ikari@fbri.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-5130
Go AkamatsuDivision of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, 2-2, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Tomoyuki NishioDivision of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, 2-2, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Kenji IshiiResearch Team for Neuroimaging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Kengo ItoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.
Takeshi IwatsuboDepartment of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Michio SendaDivision of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, 2-2, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. senda@fbri.org.
Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation · JPNational Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and amyloid PET is valuable for patient management, research, and clinical trial of therapeutics on Alzheimer's disease, the specific details of the PET scanning method including the PET camera model type influence the image quality, which may further affect the interpretation of images and quantitative capabilities. To make multicenter PET data reliable and to establish PET scanning as a universal diagnostic technique and a verified biomarker, we have proposed phantom test procedures and criteria for optimizing image quality across different PET cameras.

resultsAs the method, four physical parameters (resolution, gray-white contrast, uniformity, and image noise) were selected as essential to image quality for brain FDG and amyloid PET and were measured with a Hoffman 3D brain phantom and a uniform cylindrical phantom on a total of 12 currently used PET models. The phantom radioactivity and acquisition time were determined based on the standard scanning protocol for each PET drug (FDG,

conclusionsThe proposed phantom test criteria facilitate standardization and qualification of brain FDG and amyloid PET images and deserve further evaluation by future multicenter clinical studies.

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Amyloid PETBrain FDG-PETImage qualityMulticenter studyStandardization

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